Thread by @kvijayraghavan

Speaking @ “National Conf women in Tech” Opp 2 highlight Ind women in math & CS. Every woman in Math & CS role model. Thread lists few (Indians/Indian-origin). Do add India&elsewhere.Tell daughters they 2 can lead in Math & CS. #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

: Professor Nalini Anantharaman, born in Paris originally from India has won major prizes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalini_An… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Rekha Thomas is a mathematician and operations researcher. Works as a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington, Her research interests include mathematical optimization and computational algebra" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rekha_R._… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Indulata L. Sukla is a former Professor of Mathematics, who served for more than three decades at Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulata_…
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Hema Srinivasan specializes in commutative algebra, algebraic geometry.Was a National Science Talent Scholar 1975. She studied at Bombay University, where she won the Ghia Prize for mathematics in 1978 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_Srin… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Bhama Srinivasan is a mathematician known for her work in the representation theory of finite groups. Her contributions were honored with the 1990 Noether Lecture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhama_Sri… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Ajit Iqbal Singh is an Indian mathematician, specializing in functional analysis and harmonic analysis. Singh is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Iqba… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Sujatha Ramdorai is Canada Research Chair at University of British Columbia. Previously a professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Ramdorai is an algebraic number theorist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha_R… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Kavita Ramanan is a probability theorist who works as a professor of applied mathematics at Brown University. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavita_Ra… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Raman Parimala is known for her contributions to algebra. Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor at Emory. She was a professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_Par… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Mangala Narlikar has worked and taught in both advanced mathematics and simple arithmetic. After her degrees in mathematics, she initially worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangala_N… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Seema Nanda applies mathematics to study problems in biology, engineering, and finance. Her research interests are primarily in solving real-world problems using mathematics and computations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seema_Nan… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Renu Chakravarti Laskar (born 1930) is an Indian-born American mathematician, specializing in graph theory. She is Professor Emerita of Mathematical sciences at Clemson University. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renu_C._L… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Venkatraman Lakshmibai is a professor at Northeastern University. Her research concerns algebraic geometry, the theory of algebraic groups, and representation theory.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Lakshm…
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Nalini Joshi, AO, Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney, First woman in School to hold this position, and is a past-president of the Australian Mathematical Society. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalini_Jo… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath

Vanaja Iyengar, mathematician, educationist and founder vice-chancellor of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam She was one of the founders of the Andhra Mahila Sabha School of Informatics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanaja_Iy… #InternationalWomensDay #IndianWomenInMath&

Priti Shankar (née Priti Monteiro; September 1947 – October 2011) was a teacher, researcher, and educationist whose research focused on the areas of compiler design, formal language theory, and algorithmic coding theory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti_Sha…

There are many, many more Indian women in Math and CS. Do add their names!

Here's PritiShankar's Obit: pritishankarhomage.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pritis… and an autobio note: csa.iisc.ernet.in/news/284-285.p…

Used this history.com/news/human-com… in my talk today on Women in Math and CS. ‘Human (women) Computers’ were important in early days of NASA. Is current predominantly male occupancy in CS related to the field being seen as a route to wealth/power? #InternationalWomensDay